Overnight Oatmeal

By mbmitch

Ingredients

• 4 cup(s) water
• 1 cup(s) steel-cut oats (see Ingredient note)
• 1/5 cup(s) dried cranberries
• 1/5 cup(s) dried apricots, chopped
• 1/8 teaspoon(s) salt, or to taste

Details

Servings 4

Preparation

Step 1

Combine water, oats, dried cranberries, dried apricots and salt in a 5- or 6-quart slow cooker. Turn heat to low. Put the lid on and cook until the oats are tender and the porridge is creamy, 7 to 8 hours.

Stovetop Variation: Halve the above recipe to accommodate the size of most double boilers: Combine 4 cups water, 1 cup steel-cut oats, 3 tablespoons dried cranberries, 3 tablespoons dried apricots and 1/8 teaspoon salt in the top of a double boiler. Cover and cook over boiling water for about 1 1/2 hours, checking the water level in the bottom of the double boiler from time to time.

Ingredient Note: Steel-cut oats, sometimes labeled "Irish oatmeal," look like small pebbles. They are toasted oat groats -- the oat kernel that has been removed from the husk -- that have been cut in 2 or 3 pieces. Do not substitute regular rolled oats, which have a shorter cooking time, in the slow-cooker oatmeal recipe.